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Thankfulness, Realization and Signs of Allah's Grace
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Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds! The righteous will have a noble end. May peace and blessings be upon the Truthful and the Honest, (Prophet Muhammad ­ peace be upon him) and upon all his family and Companions.
It is well­known that Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) has bestowed upon us abundant blessings, so He deserves to be thanked for His many favors. Blessings are commensurate with our gratitude. If you thank Allah for His favors, Allah will increase and bless them. But if you are ungrateful, favors will disappear and immediate punishments may follow in this life before the Hereafter.
This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islâm as your religion.
Verily, the Muttaqûn (the pious. See V.2:2), will be in place of Security (Paradise). Among Gardens and Springs, Dressed in fine silk and (also) in thick silk, facing each other, So (it will be). And We shall marry them to Hûr (fair female) with wide, lovely eyes. They will call therein for every kind of fruit in peace and security; They will never taste death therein except the first death (of this world), and He will save them from the torment of the blazing Fire, As a Bounty from your Lord! That will be the supreme success!
But those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allâh ­ Islâmic Monotheism), for them will be the Fire of Hell. Neither will it have a complete killing effect on them so that they die, nor shall its torment be lightened for them. Thus do We requite every disbeliever!